Afrikaner Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hi everyone can you please help me indetify these Fossil parts I found on the Beach in Milnerton Cape Town . Have a nice day Werner Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 top pictures look like a neck vertebrae from a cetacean to me. bottom pictures are a toe bone from a mammal, i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 the first is a vertebrae, i like finding these verts. the second is a mammal toe bone that seems to be missing its epiphyses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Marine mammal vert and bison toe. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Marine mammal vert and bison toe. cool a bison toe, would not have guessed that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Nice finds!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I can't narrow down the vert, I'll check some books. Dugong perhaps? The toe is definitely bison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikaner Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hi Guys and Lady thank you very much for your help and suport . Werner Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hi Guys and Ladythank you very much for your help and suport . Werner You understand, Werner, that the ID of "Bison" is based on a North American frame of reference. We know that Bison is a North American genus with Eurasian roots. Bison is an unlikely ID for an African fossil. If it is a Pleistocene bovid, your toe bone may be from a buffalo, Synceras caffer, though there were other large bovids to consider. "Buffalo" and "bison" are not interchangable terms in fossil-speak. What species do you think these fossils represent? What age? http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikaner Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 You understand, Werner, that the ID of "Bison" is based on a North American frame of reference. We know that Bison is a North American genus with Eurasian roots. Bison is an unlikely ID for an African fossil. If it is a Pleistocene bovid, your toe bone may be from a buffalo, Synceras caffer, though there were other large bovids to consider. "Buffalo" and "bison" are not interchangable terms in fossil-speak.What species do you think these fossils represent? What age? Hi Harry it could be a Buffalo species,because I found it on the Beach where I find Shark Teeth from the Miocene and Pliocen, the toe bone could be from the same time periode. Thank you for the info Werner Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 syncerus caffer is a very scary critter. probably bears would even be scared of syncerus caffer. the phalange does look very similar to bison to me, but it seems relatively a bit "shorter". the "stout" construction of the one you have does indicate a heavy-bodied animal, i would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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